NPSpecies

Native to North America (Sibley 2000) but no historic records noted for Maine (Palmer 1949).

Witt (1997) vagrant.

Park Species Detail: Checklist information (abundance, nativity) updated 4/11/03 by professional judgement of Bruce Connery, ACAD wildlife biologist. Witt (1997) on 9 October 1995 an immature male flew into the greenhouse at College of the Atlantic, was rescued with a butterfly net, identified, photographed, and released. Another record of a Selasphorus sp. (ie., Rufous Hummingbird or Allen's Hummingbird) was observed visiting a feeder in Bar Harbor on 8 September 1975; positive identification of this 1975 observation was not given. Witt notes that Rufous is much more likely to occur than the similar Allen's Humminbgird, the possibility of an Allen's Hummingbird cannot be overlooked. Jones (1986) lists this genus (Selesphorus sp.) of hummingbird at "Bar Harbor" on 8 September 1975; All northeastern Selasphorus identified to species have been Rufous Hummingbird, but these immature individuals are quite difficult (impossible) to positively identify in the field.